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Woman reading, by Keisai Eisen

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An image of Surimono. Woman reading. Eisen, Keisai (Japanese, 1790-1848). Colour print from woodblocks with metallic pigments and blind embossing (karazuri). Poet: Ryuotei Hananari. Circa 1824 -circa 1826. Ukiyo-e.

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Surimono. Woman reading. Eisen, Keisai (Japanese, 1790-1848). Colour print from woodblocks with metallic pigments and blind embossing (karazuri). Poet: Ryuotei Hananari. Circa 1824 -circa 1826. Ukiyo-e.

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  • Accession Number: P.248-1937
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Sam Cole
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 888 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 1.03MB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2017:06:26 15:54:55

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19th Century blind embossing blossom colour printing costume Eisen embossed fashion fashionable female Fitz_PDP flirtatious flirting hair hairstyle Japanese kanzashi hairpin karazuri Keisai Eisen kimono metal metallic obi pigment plum blossom print reading reading a letter sash seated sitting surimono ukiyo-e woman women woodblock woodcut

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